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RE: Hardest to fly jet

The Gripen was pretty tough since there were so few people who were succesful with them and there wasn't any significant experience out there to ask advice which is why I started the Gripen Owners/Build thread. However, by trial and error we worked together to figure out the best setup and now it's a breeze to fly and land.

RE: Hardest to fly jet

As a general rule a model will fly very closely to its full size counterpart. There are differences caused by airfoil, wing loading, balancing and so forth but an F-4 would be expected to be more more difficult than an F15...just like the real ones

RE: Hardest to fly jet

Not from personal experience, but I've heard that the F-18E and the F4 are a handful to land.

Yes I know, anyone can eventually master the technique, but overall I heard there is deffinetely a learning curve.

My old F-4 was really fairly easy to land. It sort of "arrived" with little tendency to bounce.

The hardest jets to land that I've ever flown were the PCM Models L1011 and the BVM T-33. Both had to be landed nose high at just the right airspeed or a bounce scenario started that ended with the model at close to zero airspeed, 30+ degrees nose up, and 2+ feet off the ground. The next thing that happened was the pilot carrying the model back to the pits with the gear hanging by the air hoses, if he was lucky, and up through the top of the wing if he was not.

RE: Hardest to fly jet

I wouldn't call it the "the hardest" but it does demand the most concentration and has a small window of error on the landing. The Firebird. Had about 80 flights on mine. On or about the 25 th flight I got a little too comfortable on the landing and she did the bounce. Fixed her up and learned my lesson.

RE: Hardest to fly jet

Hmmm...I heard the Surrender Jet was pretty tough too!

Beave

ORIGINAL: rcjets_63

The Gripen was pretty tough since there were so few people who were succesful with them and there wasn't any significant experience out there to ask advice which is why I started the Gripen Owners/Build thread. However, by trial and error we worked together to figure out the best setup and now it's a breeze to fly and land.